{"id":652087,"date":"2025-12-24T07:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/652087\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:58:12","slug":"inspectors-discover-maggots-in-merseyside-pizza-takeaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/652087\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspectors discover maggots in Merseyside pizza takeaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The council inspection report said: “Maggot casings and dead maggots were noted on the floor of the wash up room, particularly around the frame of the back door.<\/p>\n

“Flies and maggots can carry harmful bacterial which may contaminate food and equipment that they come into contact with. You must therefore take immediate action to eradicate the issue.”<\/p>\n

The business was given the worst possible scores for hygiene, structure, and confidence in management. <\/p>\n

The report behind the rating has been released following a Freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>, which has contacted Dino’s Pizzeria for comment.<\/p>\n

Other discoveries in the inspection include the blade of a can opener that “was encrusted with food”, a dirty microwave, and a temporary lack of hot water.<\/p>\n

On top of this, the business was also told there was a build-up of grease in the extraction system, the ceiling above the pizza oven “was in a greasy, dirty condition”, and “grease, debris, and inground dirt was noted at wall floor junctions throughout the premises”.<\/p>\n

Waste oil was found in the yard in open drums while food waste was spotted under a yellow wheelie bin. <\/p>\n

The business was also criticised for the lack of food hygiene awareness among staff and not enough had been done to make sure food is safe.<\/p>\n

It was told to thoroughly clean the premises to remove maggots and any sources of food for flies.<\/p>\n

Other measures required by the council included sealing off potential pest entry points, a thorough clean and disinfection of all surfaces and equipment, and the employment of pest control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The council inspection report said: “Maggot casings and dead maggots were noted on the floor of the wash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-652087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115773486039247348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}